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English translation: enable costs

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08:41 Sep 3, 2011

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Bus/Financial - Accounting

German term or phrase: Kosten aktivieren

Über die Entscheidung, ob die Kosten sofort abzugsfähig sind oder aktiviert und abgeschrieben werden müssen, ist im Einzelfall zu befinden entsprechend des Ausmaßes der Arbeiten und der Beeinflussung der vorhandenen Bausubstanz.

This is from a business report for a real estate company

hkeet KudoZ activity Questions: 74 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 3
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English translation:enable costs

Explanation:
I cannot give you a class in business, but this is a good translation for your question. Best regards

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Sandy23
Local time: 00:18

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enable costs

Sandy23

recognize costs as assets

Sebastian Witte

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30 mins confidence:

recognize costs as assets

Explanation:
-> "capitalize expenses" is what this is usually called (it's synonymous to the above)

I think "recognize as assets"(which is also proper accounting speak) is considerably easier to understand to accounting laypeople.

Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 00:18
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PRO pts in category: 12

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enable costs

Explanation:
I cannot give you a class in business, but this is a good translation for your question. Best regards

Sandy23
Local time: 00:18
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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Sep 3, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)	Real Estate => Accounting

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